Yeh, that 220 volts sliding up and down makes it difficult to put out a
stable signal.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Gormley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Out Of Date
> Hey Phil the Russians and Cubans still do have an occasional chirpand once
> in while you'll hear someone trying to operate an old boat anchor and
you'll
> hear chirps and rough notes on cw. 73- pat kk3f
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Out Of Date
>
>
> > Holy Cow that was a fun message to read. Just like old times. Shoot,
> > when
> > I first got on the DX bands, the Russians and Cubans always drifted all
> > over
> > the place and some had wonderful chirping CW notes. Now they run
> > commercial
> > made radios, keyboard and keyers, contest software, and everything else
we
> > have access to. Them there old days are hard to beat.
> >
> > Phil.
> > K0NX
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: Out Of Date
> >
> >
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> John's message made me think back to my early days, some 30 years
> >> ago. And, my activities as an SWL go back further than that--about 35
> >> years. I had all tube gear--a couple of Hallicrafters receivers (the
> >> S20R
> >> Sky Champion, and a Hallicrafters S108). I came on the air with a
Heath
> >> HW16 with the HG10B VFO (Ok, I ewas spoiled with the VFO!), and a
little
> >> while later bought a Heath DX40, a VF1 VFO, and a Heath HR10B receiver.
> >>
> >> The VF1 walked all over the band, and the HR10B is probably one of the
> > most
> >> worthless receivers I've ever owned. I used the Hallicrafters
receivers
> >> because they could hear a lot better. I took the antenna off the
HR10B,
> >> and set it on the bbottom shelf. When I would work CW, I would tune it
> >> to
> >> my operating frequency and use it as a rather overcomplicated side tone
> >> oscillator!
> >>
> >> I finally graduated to the Heath TX1 Apache with the SB10 sideband
> >> adapter. Now there was a beautiful transmitter, if a little cumbersome
> >> to
> >> tune. I bought it, thinking I would like to play a little AM with it,
> >> but
> >> in the end, only used it on SSB and CW.
> >>
> >> During that time I started buying solid state equipment, which was a
> >> dream
> >> to operate, although the nuisance of having to plunk down another $100
> >> for
> >> a power supply was a pain. Also, during that time I bought a Heath
HW8,
> >> still in kit form. I was going to put it together with my father, but
I
> >> went away to college, and he got laid off from work, and in his
boredom,
> > he
> >> built the thing while I was at school.
> >>
> >> When I think about how equipment has changed since I started, it is
mind
> >> boggling. Radios like the Icom 706 MkII G weren't even possible in
that
> >> time period. Even the worst of the radios being produced today would
> >> outperform the stuff I was using at the beginning. My receivers had
> > images
> >> almost as strong as the fundamental signals, the transmitters and
> > receivers
> >> drifted all over the place, there were no CW filters, at least until I
> >> bought a MFJ audio filter, I had to mess with crystal calibrators and
> >> dials, and through all of that the message still got through. And, I
> >> enjoyed it.
> >>
> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Louis Kim Kline
> >> A.R.S. K2LKK
> >> Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >> Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
> >>
> >>
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> > 7:51 AM
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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